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CREED    AND   COVENANT, 


ORTHODOX  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH, 
AT   STODDARD,  N.  II. 


CATALOGUE  OF   ITS  MEMBERS. 


TO  JUXE  1.  1862. 


KEENE: 

PRIN'TEfl  AT  Till:  NEW-HAMP3IIIKE  SENTINEL  JOB  OFFICE, 

1862. 


CREED   AND   COVENANT, 


ORTHODOX  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH, 


AT  STODDARD,  N.  H 


CATALOGUE  OF  ITS  MEMBERS, 


TO  JUNE  1,  1862. 


KEENE: 

PRINTED  AX  THE  NEW-HAMPSHIRE  SENTINEL  JOB  OFFICE. 

1862. 


SKETCH 


This  town  was  formerly  called  "  Limeric."  It  was  first 
settled  about  1769.  It  was  incorporated  Nov.  4,  1774,  when 
its  name  was  changed  to  Stoddard,  in  honor  of  Col.  Sampson 
Stoddard  of  Chesterfield,  to  whom,  with  others,  it  had  been 
granted.  The  Congregational  Church  was  organized  Sept.  4, 
1787,  by  a  council  composed  of  Rev.  Edward  Sprague  of  Dub- 
lin and  delegate,  Rev.  Aaron  Hall  of  Keene  and  delegate,  with 
Dea.  Daniel  Emery  as  delegate  from  Jaffrey.  Ten  persons, 
professors  of  religion,  presented  themselves  and  were  constituted 
a  Church. 

In  Sept.,  1791,  a  call  was  voted  to  Mr.  Solomon  Adams,  to 
settle  as  Pastor  of  the  Church,  but  the  invitation  was  not  ac- 
cepted. 

Oct.  16.  1793,  Mr.  Abishai  Colton,  a  graduate  of  Yale 
College  in  1 783,  was  ordained  and  installed,  but  was  dismissed 
July  21,  1795. 

A  call  was  next  extended  to  Mr.  Stephen  Williams,  in  1799, 
but  tradition  says  it  was  not  accepted. 

Dec.  30,  1800,  a  call  was  voted  to  Mr.  Robertson  Smile,  but 
according  to  the  above  authority  it  was  not  accepted. 

Rev.  Isaac  Robinson  was  the  next  Pastor,  who  was  ordained 
Jan.  5,  1803.  He  received  the  degree  of  D.  D.  from  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1847.  His  connection  with  the  Church  was 
suddenly  terminated  by  his  decease,  July  9,  1854,  having  been 
its  Pastor  fifty-one  years. 

Rev.  Joshua  S.  Gay  and  Rev.  N.  W.  Sheldon,  with  others, 
supplied  the  pulpit  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Robinson,  until  May, 
1860,  when  Mr.  Samuel  L.  Gerould,  who  was  educated  at 
Dartmouth  College,  and  Union  Theological  Seminary,  com- 
menced his  labors.  After  preaching  as  a  licentiate  for  nearly  a 
year  and  a  half,  he  was  ordained  and  installed  as  Pastor,  Oct. 
2.  1861. 


This  Church  has  enjoyed  two  seasons  of  special  revival  since 
its  formation,  the  former  immediately  after  the  settlement  of 
Dr.  Robinson  in  1803,  the  other  in  the  year  1822,  in  connection 
■with  the  labors  of  Rev.  Moses  Gerould,  then  a  student  for  the 
ministry.  Although  these  have  been  the  only  seasons  of  special 
religious  awakening  the  town  has  witnessed,  yet,  in  almost  every 
year,  more  or  less  have  made  a  public  profession  of  religion. 

The  town,  at  its  first  annual  meeting,  March  30,  1775,  made 
provision  for  preaching,  by  voting  £30  for  that  purpose.  An 
appropriation  was  made  at  nearly  every  succeeding  annual  town 
meeting,  for  a  like  purpose,  until  that  custom  was  dropped. — 
The  first  meeting-house  was  erected  by  the  town  near  the  height 
of  land  on  the  hill  south  of  Abner  Knowl ton's,  in  1782.  This 
was  occupied  but  a  few  years,  when  a  more  commodious  edifice 
was  erected  in  1789,  a  few  rods  west  of  where  Edward  Morse's 
house  stands.  Both  of  these  were  built  by  the  town,  and  were 
used  as  town  houses.  The  present  house  of  worship  was  erected 
by  the  Congregational  Society  in  1836. 

In  1858,  the  Church  came  into  possession  of  a  farm  and 
buildings  thereon  situated,  willed  to  it  by  the  late  Mr.  Stephen 
Adams,  the  income  of  which  was  to  be  applied  to  the  support 
of  the  Gospel.  In  1854,  Mr.  A.  P.  Nichols  willed  his  farm, 
situated  in  the  western  part  of  the  town,  to  the  Church,  for  the 
same  purpose.  The  Church,  however,  are  not  to  come  into 
possession  of  the  latter  until  the  decease  of  the  testator's  wife. 

In  1861,  E.  B.  Towne,  Esq.,  of  Raynham,  Ms.,  purchased 
and  presented  to  the  Church  and  Society  a  neat  and  commodious 
house,  to  be  used  as  a  parsonage.  By  this,  and  by  other 
generous  acts,  he  has  proved  himself  "a  friend  indeed"  to 
the  interests  of  Zion  in  this  place. 

The  records  of  the  Church  for  the  first  few  years  were  kept 
in  a  loose  manner,  (on  separate  slips  of  paper,)  and  the  proba- 
bility is  that  some  records  are  lost.  The  mark  of  interrogation 
in  the  list  of  names,  indicates  doubt  as  to  the  matter  where  it  is 
placed,  o)' that  it  is  unknown:   e,  g. — when  placed  after  John 


Spaulding"s  name,  it  indicates  that  it  is  doubtful  whether  he 
joined  the  Church  by  organization,  or  afterward  by  profession, 
there  being  no  record  of  it.  In  the  toivn  records,  I  find  that 
about  the  time  of  the  formation  of  the  Church,  a  call  was  ex- 
tended by  the  town  to  Mr.  Enoch  Pond  to  settle  here  in  the 
ministry,  which,  however,  was  not  accepted. 

In  1860,  no  Confession  of  Faith  or  Covenant  of  the  Church 
could  be  found,  as  it  was  never  placed  on  the  records.  The 
present  Confession  and  Covenant  were  adopted  in  1861.  The 
By-Laws  were  also  adopted  at  the  same  time.  The  Confession 
of  Faith  and  Covenant,  on  which  the  Church  was  formed, 
which  was  signed  in  person  by  each  one  who  joined  the  Church, 
was  lost Jjef ore  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Robinson.  It  would  seem, 
however,  that  some  were  dissatisfied  with  it,  as  it  was  voted 
Oct.  15,  1791  "That  the  Confession  of  Faith  signed  by  the 
Church  should  not  be  a  bar  to  hinder  any  person  joining  the 
Church,  if  they  witnessed  a  good  confession  according  to  Scrip- 
ture." Early  in  1798,  a  Confession  of  Faith,  drafted  by  Rev. 
Levi  Lankton  of  New  Alstead,  was  adopted  by  the  Church, 
which,  so  far  as  anything  is  known  to  the  contrary,  was  the  one 
which  was  used  until  1860. 

Our  fathers  were  more  strict  in  their  discipline  than  some  of 
their  descendants.  At  a  Church  Meeting  Oct.  29,  1807,  it 
was  unanimously  voted  : — 

"  1 — That  we  will  punctually  and  faithfully  attend  the  pre- 
paratory lectures,  and  endeavor  that  as  many  of  our  families  as 
conveniently  can,  shall  attend  likewise. 

2 — That  if  any  brother  or  sister  neglect  to  attend  on  any 
preparatory  lecture,  he  or  she  shall  be  called  to  account  for  the 
neglect. 

3 — Chose  Dea.  Ward  Eddy  and  Dea.  Ephraim  Adams  a 
committee,  to  inquire  of  those  who  may  not  attend  preparatory 
lectures,  the  reason  of  their  neglect,  and  report  the  same  to  the 
Church. 

4 — That  if  any  member  of  the  Church  shall  perform  any 


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manual  labor,  or  journey,  or  visit  on  the  Sabbath,  such  member 
shall  be  called  upon  by  the  Church  to  give  account  for  the  same.'; 
And  in  1834  it  was  voted  "a  disciplinable  offence"  for  "any 
brother  of  the  Church  who  pays  a  tax,  to  refuse  to  contribute 
his  proportion  to  the  support  of  preaching." 


CONFESSION  OF  FAITH. 

ADOPTED  JAN.  10,  1861„ 

Art.  1. — We  believe  in  one  only  living  and  true  God,  existing 
in  three  persons,  equal  in  every  divine  attribute :  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Art.*  2 — We  believe  that  this  one  God  is  the  Creator,  Pre- 
server and  Ruler  of  the  Universe,  and  that  all  intelligent  beings 
are  bound  to  love  and  obey  him. 

Art.  3 — ~We  believe  that  the  Bible  is  the  Word  of  God ; 
that  it  was  given  by  the  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  is 
the  sufficient  and  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 

Art.  4. — We  believe  that  all  mankind  are  by  nature  sinful, 
and  that  for  their  sins  they  deserve  eternal  death.. 

Art'.  5. — We  believe  that  Jesus  Christ,  by  his  sufferings  and 
death,  has  made  an  atonement  for  the  sins  of  the  world,  through 
which  alone  pardon  is  offered  in  the  gospel  to  all  who  will  re- 
pent and  believe. 

Art.  6. — We  believe  the  depravity  of  men  to  be  such,  that 
they  never  accept  this  offer  of  pardon,  unless  their  hearts  are 
renewed  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Art.  7. — We  believe  that  those  who  are  once  regenerated 
will  never  utterly  apostatize,  but  be  kept  by  the  power  of  God 
through  faith  unto  salvation. 

Art.  8. — We  believe  that  the  soul  will  live  forever;  and  that 
there  will  be  a  resurrection  of  bodies  both  of  the  righteous  and 
the  wicked  ;  and  a  day  of  final  judgment ;  and  that  the  wicked 
will  go  away  into  everlasting  punishment,  and  the  righteous 
into  life  eternal. 

To  these  articles  of  faith  do  you  give  your  assent  ? 


COVENANT. 

Confessing  and  bewailing  the  depravity  of  your  hearts,  and 
the  manifold  transgressions  of  your  lives,  and  resolving,  in  the 
strength  of  God,  henceforward  to  renounce  all  sin,  you  do  sol- 
emnly avouch  the  LorcV  Jehovah  to  be  your  God  and  portion, 
the  object  of  your  supreme  love  and  delight ;  the  Lord  Jesus 
to  be  your  Savior  from  sin  and  death,  your  Prophet  to  instruct 
you,  your  Priest  to  atone  and  intercede  for  you,  your  King  to 
rule,  protect  and  enrich  you  ;  and  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be  your 
Sanctifier,  Comforter  and  Guide.  To  this  Triune  God,  Father, 
Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  you  do  now,  without  reserve,  give  your- 
self away,  in  a  covenant  never  to  be  revoked,  to  be  his  willing 
servant  forever,  to  observe  all  his  commandments  and  ordinances, 
in  the  sanctuary,  in  the  family,  and  in  the  closet.  You  do  also 
bind  yourself  by  covenant  to  this  Church,  to  watch  over  us  in 
the  Lord,  to  seek  our  purity,  peace  and  edification,  and  to  sub- 
mit to  the  government  and  discipline  of  Christ  as  here  ad- 
ministered. 

Thus  do  you  (severally)  covenant  with  God  and  his 
people? 

(Baptism  here  administered.) 

(Church  arise.)  We,  therefore,  in  consequence  of  these 
professions  and  engagements,  do  affectionately  receive  you  as 
a  member  of  this  Church,  and  in  the  name  of  Christ,  declare 
you  entitled  to  all  its  privileges.  We  welcome  you  to  this 
fellowship  with  us  in  the  labors  and  blessings,  the  trials  and 
rewards  of  the  gospel;  and  on  our  part,  engage  to  watch  over 
you  and  seek  your  edification,  so  long  as  you  shall  continue 
among  us.  Should  you  have  occasion  to  remove,  it  will  be  your 
duty  to  seek,  and  ours  to  grant,  a  recommendation  to  some  other 
Church,  for  hereafter  you  cannot  withdraw  from  the  watch  and 
communion  of  the  Church,  without  breaking  your  solemn 
covenant.     {Church  sit.) 

And  now,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  remember  that  the  vows  of 
God  are  upon  you.     They  will  remain  with  you  through  life, 


in  death,  at  the  judgment-seat,  and  forever.  Nor  is  this  to  you 
an  unwelcome  thought.  You  rejoice  rather  in  the  permanency 
of  these  sacred  and  precious  bonds.  Remember,  too,  that  here- 
after the  eyes  of  the  world  will  be  upon  you ;  and  as  you  con- 
duct yourself,  so  will  religion  be  honored  or  disgraced.  Only 
let  your  conversation  be  as  becometh  the  gospel  of  Christ,  and 
you  will  be  a  credit  and  a  comfort  to  us ;  but  if  it  be  otherwise, 
you  will  be  to  us  a  grief  of  heart,  and  bring  reproach  on  the 
Savior's  name.  But,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  we  are  persuaded 
better  things  of  you,  though  we  thus  speak.  May  the  Lord 
support  and  guide  you  through  this  transitory  life,  and  when  its 
warfare  is  all  accomplished,  bring  us  all  together  into  that 
blessed  church  where  our  communion  shall  be  forever  perfect, 
and  our  joy  forever  full.     Amen. 


STANDING  RULES. 

ADOPTED  JAN.  10,  I860. 

Art.  1. — A  Christian  Church  we  understand  to  be,  and  wc 
accordingly  declare  this  Church  to  be,  an  association  of  pro- 
fessed believers  in  Christ,  for  mutual  watchfulness,  for  the 
enjoyment  of  Christian  ordinances,  and  the  maintenance  of  the 
worship  of  Grod. 

Art.  2. — The  permanent  officers  of  this  Church  shall  be  a 
Pastor  and  two  Deacons.  The  officer  for  the  year  shall  be  a 
Clerk,  who,  with  the  Pastor  and  Deacons,  shall  constitute  a 
Committee  for  the  general  oversight  of  the  interests  of  the 
Church. 

Art.  3. — The  permanent  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot ; 
the  Clerk  by  acclamation. 

Art.  4— The  Church  will  meet  for  prayer  and  conference  on 
Tuesday  evening  of  each  week.  The  sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper  shall  be  administered  (when  possible)  on  the  first  Sab- 
baths of  January,  March,  May,  July,  September  and  Novem- 
ber ;  and  there  shall  be  a  preparatory  lecture  on  the  Thursday 
afternoon  previous. 


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Art.  5. — A  business  meeting  may  be  called  on  any  Sabbath, 
or  weekly  meeting  for  prayer,  or  on  the  day  of  the  sacramental 
lecture,  at  the  request  of  two  members.  All  such  meetings 
shall  be  called  by  a  notice  read  from  the  pulpit  on  the  Sabbath. 
The  annual  meeting  for  election  of  Clerk,  shall  be  on  the  day 
of  the  sacramental  lecture  next  preceding  the  communion  in 
November. 

Art.  6. — Candidates  will  be  admitted  by  election  upon  reg- 
ular business  meetings  only.  Those  who  are  not  received  from 
other  Churches  by  letter,  will  be  examined  by  the  Church 
Committee,  in  the  presence  of  the  Church,  and  will  make  a 
public  profession. 

Art.  7. — It  is  expected  that  members,  on  removing  from 
town,  will  ask  for  letters  of  dismission  and  recommendation. — 
Persons  receiving  such  letters  are  still  regarded  as  members  of 
this  Church,  until  the  Pastor  or  Clerk  is  notified  that  they  have 
entered  into  covenant,  either  with  the  particular  Church  to 
which  their  letters  are  addressed,  or  with  some  other  of  evan- 
gelical character. 

Art.  8. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  member  of  the 
Church  to  pay  annually  the  sum  of  ten  cents  to  the  Deacons, 
for  the  support  of  the  communion  table. 

Art.  9. — The  following  objects  shall  receive  the  support  of 
the  Church  by  annual  contributions,  viz  :  the  Foreign  Mission- 
ary, the  American  Bible  Society,  and  the  New  Hampshire 
Missionary  Society.  When  possible,  these  objects  shall  be  pre- 
sented by  the  Pastor  on  the  second  Sabbaths  of  April,  July  and 
October,  respectively.  This  does  not  prevent  collections  for 
other  objects  at  other  times. 

Art.  10. — No  person,  a  member  of  another  Church  of 
Christ,  who  has  taken  residence  with  us,  and  has  resided  with 
us  for  one  year  without  taking  a  letter  of  dismission  and  recom- 
mendation to  us,  shall  be  allowed  to  commune  with  us  at  the 
Lord's  table,  unless  an  excuse  for  such  delay  be  rendered,  which 
is  deemed  by  the  Church  to  be  sufficient: 
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Art.  11. — Any  member  of  this  Church  who  goes  out  from 
us  for  the  purpose  of  taking  residence  in  another  place  where 
there  is  a  sister  Church,  and  remains  there  one  year  without 
asking  a  letter  of  dismission,  shall  be  written  to  by  the  Clerk, 
reminding  him  of  his  duty ;  and  if  he  then  fail  to  apply  for  a 
letter,  or  to  render  a  suitable  excuse,  his  name  shall,  at  the 
expiration  of  the  second  year  of  leaving  us,  be  erased  from  the 
Church  list. 

Art.  12. — Any  member  who  habitually  neglects  the  weekly 
meeting  for  prayer,  or  Divine  worship  on  the  Sabbath,  or  the 
preparatory  lectures,  or  the  communion  table,  without  a  good 
reason,  shall  be  regarded  as  worthy  of  discipline. 

Art.  13. — No  person  shall  be  expelled  from  the  Church, 
until  the  charge  against  him  (or  her)  shall  be  presented  in 
writing,  and  an  opportunity  given  for  reply. 

Art.  14. — In  all  cases  of  discipline,  the  rule  laid  down  in 
Matt.  18  :  15-18,  shall  be  strictly  followed ;  and  no  complaint 
can  be  entertained  by  the  Church  of  a  member,  until  the  com- 
plainant has  complied  with  that  rule. 


Pastors. 
Rev.  Abishai  Colton, 
Rev.  Isaac  Robinson,  D.D. 
Rev.  Samuel  L.  G-erould, 

Deacons. 
Ephraim  Adams, 
Ward  Eddy, 
Nathaniel  Joslin, 
Peter  Rice, 
Lucas  Thompson, 
Luke  Joslin, 
Rufus  Wilson, 
Timothy  Hunt, 


Acceded. 
Oct.  16,  1793, 
Jan.  5,  1803, 
Oct.  2,  1861. 
Acceded. 
Oct.  22,  1793, 
Oct.  22,  1793, 
June  28,  1810, 
Jan.  10,  1822, 
April  15,  1830, 
April  25,  1833, 
Nov.  10,  1860. 
Nov.  10,  1860. 


Retired. 
July  21,  1795. 
*July  9,  1854. 

Retired. 
*  April  28,  1803. 
May  25,  1817. 

(?) 

*Nov.  15,  1829. 

*March  6,  1836. 
Jan.  27,  1856. 


'-Died. 


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CATALOGUE   OF    MEMBERS. 


l  by  letter,  o.  by  organization.  *  deceased.  t  dismissed.  J  excommunicated. 
When  not  otherwise  designated,  it  is  to  be  understood  that  the  individual  joined  by 
profession. 


Ward  Eddy, 

0 

1787, 

t 

Dummerston,  Vt.,  May  25, 
1817. 

Mrs.  Ward  Eddy, 

o 

n 

f 

do. 

John  Spaulding, 

(?) 

n 

t 

Washington,  1793. 

Mrs.  John  Spaulding, 

0 

tt 

t 

do. 

Thomas  Nichols, 

0 

" 

* 

Eleazer  Blake, 

0 

it 

t 

Rindge,  (?) 

Soloman  Adams, 

0 

tt 

* 

Timothy  Thompson, 

0 

a 

* 

Mrs.  Foster, 

0 

a 

* 

Ephraim  Adams, 

0 

'< 

* 

April  28,  1823. 

Nathaniel  Evans, 

a 

* 

Feb.  5,  1845. 

Ebenezer  Wright, 

a 

* 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Wright, 

tt 

* 

Benjamin  Howard, 

a 

* 

Enoch  Pond, 

a 

* 

Mrs.  Eleazer  Blake, 

tt 

t 

Rindge,  (?) 

Mrs.  Nathaniel  Evans, 

a 

* 

Sept.  15,  1833. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Nichols, 

" 

* 

William  Dutton, 

tt 

* 

Mrs.  Job  Brooks, 

Aug 

23, 

1789, 

* 

Sept.  1,  1828. 

Nathan  Procter, 

Sept. 

27, 

" 

t 

April  15,  1790. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Wilson, 

July 

12, 

1794, 

t 

Townshend,  Ms.  June  17, 
1804. 

Mrs.  Abagail  Fisher, 

<< 

it 

it 

* 

May  2,  1814. 

Mrs.  Lavina  Messenger, 

L 

Wrentham,  Ms. 
July  12.  1794. 

* 

July  20,  1820. 

Eben  Hazleton, 

Sept. 

1, 

1794. 

# 

Mrs.  Eben  Hazleton, 

" 

a 

« 

* 

Nathan  Hardy, 

tt 

14, 

" 

* 

Nathaniel  Joslin, 

it 

21, 

a 

* 

Mrs.  N.  Joslin, 

ti 

a 

tt 

* 

Samuel  Farnsworth, 

Nov. 

23, 

tt 

* 

Mrs.  S.  Farnsworth, 

it 

<< 

ti 

* 

Molly  Hardy, 

Dec 

•7, 

n 

* 

I.  Robinson, 

L 

[?)  Jan.  4, 

1803. 

# 

July  9,  1854. 

Mrs.  Mary  Turner, 

l    .Pres. 
Nottin 

Uh.    W. 
?ham,  (?) 

* 

April  24,  1813. 

Mrs.  Lydia  Blodgett, 

May 

29, 

1803. 

* 

Edward  Phelps, 

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Mrs.  E.  Phelps, 

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David  Joslin, 

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May  14,  182S 

Mrs.  D.  Joslin, 

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Mrs.  Mary  Taggard, 

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May  25,  1856. 

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Mrs.  Hepzibah  Davis, 

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May  21,  1851. 

12 


Asuhel  Purmenter, 
Mrs.  A.  Parmenter, 
Obadiah  Jenkins, 
Noah  Barden, 
Mrs.  N.  Barden, 
Mrs.  Sally  Procter, 
Mrs.  Nancy  Knight, 
Betsy  Morrison, 
John  Holt, 
Mrs.  J.  Holt, 
Mrs.  Betsy  Morrison, 
Abigail  Wright, 
Mrs.  Lucy  Richardson, 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Reed, 
Mrs.  Lydia  Reed, 
Mrs.  Anne  Ball, 
Mrs.  Mary  Robb, 
Mrs.  Lucy  Jenkins, 
Elijah  Dodge, 
Betsy  Adams, 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Spaulding, 
Nathan  Richardson, 
Mrs.  Lydia  Kemp, 
Lydia  Kent, 
Joel  Wilson, 
Mrs.  J.  Wilson, 
Mrs.  Edna  Stacy, 

Mrs.  Eunice  Chase, 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Richardson, 
Isaiah  Reed, 
Mrs.  Lucy  Barden, 
Mrs.  Polly  Barden, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Howard, 
Mrs.  Lydia  Tarbell, 
John  Stephens, 
Betsey  E.  Thompson, 
Esther  Adams, 
John  Curtice, 
Mrs.  J.  Curtice, 
Dorcas  Richardson, 
Mrs.  Eunice  Boutwell, 
Mrs.  Sally  Chambers, 
Elizabeth  Richardson, 
Annas  Hale, 
Thirza  Dodge, 
Benjamin  Tarbell, 
John  Ball, 

Mrs.  Catherine  Knight, 
Sarah  Barrett, 

Mrs.  Betsey  Cram, 

Mrs.  Diadema  AVright, 
David  Wilkinson, 
Mrs.  D.  Wilkinson, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Curtice, 
Elizabeth  Dunn, 
Parniela  Foster, 
Polly  Curtice, 
Susanna  Merrill, 
Mrs.  Maruli  Korah, 


l  Gill,  Ms.  do. 
L     ••      "      do. 
Sept.  4,  1803. 


Nov.  26,  1833. 
Jan.  1,  1796. 


l  Greenfield,  " 

L         "               " 

Oct.  2,  " 

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Nov.  13,  " 

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Oct.  25, 

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Jan.  18,  1804, 

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1810. 

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a          tt 

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Jan.  3, 

1839. 

March  4,  " 

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July  9, 

1830. 

June  17,     " 


July  22,     " 

Sept.  2,       " 


Nov.  i, 


t  Crown  Point,  N.  Y,  Feb.  12, 

1811. 
f  Ludlow,  Vt.,  July  12, 1812. 
t     Marlboro',  June  25,  1809. 

t  "  " 

t  Danbury,  Ct.,  May  4,  1834. 
* 

Name  dropped,  Jan.  8,  1861. 
* 

t  Jan.  8,  1861. 


13 


Mrs.  Sally  Bardeu, 

Esther  Hale, 

Mrs.  Phebe  Barden, 

Mrs.  Hannah  Barden, 

Jenny  Holt, 

Mrs.  Azubah  Procter, 

John  Taggard, 

Mrs.  Harbor  Farnsworth, 

Esther  Barden, 

Mrs.  Lydia  Brown, 

Jonathan  Jenkins, 

Mrs.  J.  JenkiDS, 

Mrs.  Electa  Fuller, 

Mrs.  Lucy  Thompson, 

Joseph  Woodbury, 
Mrs.  Stephen  Adams, 

Mrs.  Joseph  Woodbury, 

Daniel  Dow, 
John  Barker, 
Mrs.  John  Barker, 
Timothy  Hunt, 
Mrs.  Gardiner  Towne, 
Mrs.  Sally  Blood, 
Mrs.  Nath.  Worcester, 
Mrs.  Parmela  Hodgman, 
Mrs.  Lucy  Matthews, 

Phebe  Hardy, 

Mrs.  Jonas  (Sally)  Wilson, 
Mrs.  John  (Phebe)  Wilson, 
Mrs.  Andrew  Town, 
Margaret  Scott, 

Mrs.  Calla  Farrar, 
Mrs.  Betsy  Adams, 
Peter  Rice, 

Mrs.  Peter  Rice, 

Polly  Korah, 
Lucas  Thompson, 
Mrs.  Lucas  Thompson, 
Enos  Locke, 
Mrs.  E.  Locke, 
Betsy  Tarbell, 

Alura  Dodge, 

Meroe  Dodge, 
Electa  Evans, 
Mary  Evans, 
Mary  Pike, 
Almira  Barker, 
Mary  Evans,  2d, 

Mrs.  Elvira  Joslin, 

Elvirus  Parmenter, 
Mrs.  Candace  Howard. 


May  5,  1805. 


l  Carlisle,  Ms.  " 
July  7,       " 

ti  a 

Nov.  3,       " 
May  4,  1806, 


July  6,      " 
May  1,  1808, 

a  a 

July  3,      " 

Nov.  6,     " 
July  7,  1811, 

July  1,  1813. 

l    July  10,  1814. 
May  7,  1815. 

July,      1815. 
Nov.  5,     " 


Sept.  4,  1819. 

l  Hancock,  Sept. 

5,  1821. 

l  Worcester,  Ms., 

June  10,  1822. 

L  Worcester,  Ms., 

July  5,  1822. 

July  7,     " 


l  Gill,  Ms.,  Aug. 
12,  1822. 
Sept.  1,     " 


t  New  Ipswich,  Sept  25,  1831. 


t  Keene,  May  20,  1815. 

t 
* 

t  Crown  Point,  N.   Y.,  Feb. 

12,  1811. 
* 

*  Feb.  18,  1858. 

t  Westminister,  Ms.,  Aug.  14, 
1814. 


$  Oct.  4,  1830. 

t     N.  Alstead,  July  1,  1822. 

May  22,  1847. 

f  Mario w,  Oct.  20,  1823. 

f  Westport,  N.  Y.,  June  27, 
1819. 


t  Marlow,  Oct.  20,  1823. 

t  Ashburnham,  Ms.,  April  8, 
1858. 

t        Sullivan,  July  17,  1852. 
Nov.  15,  1829. 


t  Westboro,  Ms.  Mar.  6  1831. 

t 

t  April  22,  1824. 


t  Westminster,  Vt.,  Dec.  20 

1838. 
t  Danville,  Vt.,        (?) 
t  Upton,  Ms.,  (?)  1836- 

f  New  Alstead,  Sept.  25, 1831 
%  June  27,  1832.' 

*  March  11,  1825. 


t      Greenfield,  Oct.  23,  1834. 
t  Westminster,  Vt,,  Feb.  24, 
1839. 


14 


t^ally  Dunn, 

Edua  Dow, 

Eunice  Dow, 

Mrs.  Lydia  Foster, 

Mrs.  Sukey  Richards, 

Mrs.  Susan  Brooks, 

Mrs.  Lavina  Barden, 

Lavina  Barden,  2d, 

Irene  Barden, 

Sally  Fox, 

Mrs.  Electa  Richardson, 

Eda,  Farnum, 

Mrs.  Mary  Emerson, 

Mrs.  Sarah  Brooks, 

Phebe  Dodge, 

Micajah  Mears, 

Mrs.  M.  Mears, 

Calvin  Phelps, 

Patty  Shedd, 

Mrs.  Lydia  Downing, 

Hannah  Wilson, 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Richardson, 

John  Henry, 

Mrs.  J.  Henry, 

Anne  Town, 

Achsa  Barden, 

Mrs.  Emily  Richardson, 

Luke  Joslin, 

Mrs.  Lydia  Fairbanks, 

Mrs.  Azubah  Gerould, 

Mrs.  Salome  Gerould, 

Mrs.  Abigail  Tuttle, 

Mrs.  Cynthia  Hodgman, 

Dolly  Farnum, 

Lydia  Foster, 

L.  C.  Thompson, 

Maria  Thompson, 

Mrs.  Christiana  Sanderson, 

Stillman  Hodgman, 

Mrs.  S.  Hodgman, 

Mrs.  Susan  Woods, 

Fanny  M.  Holmes, 

Rebecca  Reed, 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Fletcher, 

John  Joslin, 

Nathaniel  Evans, 

Harriet  Joslin, 

Lydia  Dodge, 

Mima  Shedd, 

Mrs.  Nath.  Evans, 

Mrs.  Isaac  Duncan, 

Eliza  E.  Farrar, 

Mary  B.  Fairbanks, 

Mrs.  Susan  Flint, 
Mre.  Sophia  Friend, 
Elzabeth  K.  Hunt, 


Sept.  1,  1822 


Nov.  3,  1822. 


f  Mason,  June  7,  1834. 

t  Marlow,  Oct.  20, 1823. 

t         Alstead,  Feb.  10,  1837. 

* 

t  Lowell,  Ms.,  Dec.  22,  1861. 
t  Fairfield,  N.  Y.  Apr.  4  1831. 
t  Charlestown,  Feb.  10,  1861. 


June  3,  1832. 
Marlow,  Oct.  20,  1823. 


July  4,  1824. 


Sept.  19,  " 


Nov.  7, 
July  10,  1825. 

it 

Sept.  2,  1827. 
Nov.  5, 
May  2,  1828. 

it 

l    Gill,  Ms.  Nov. 

28,  1828. 

July  5,  1829. 
l  Acworth,  July 
1,  1830. 

July  4,  1830. 

July  3,  1831. 
Sept.  4, 
July  1,  1832. 
Sept.  2.      " 


t  Marlow,  Oct.  20,  1823. 

j*  March  12,  1861. 

I*  Dec.  17,  1856. 

!  t    Manchester,  Nov.  3,  1859. 
t  Marlow,  Oct.  20,  1823. 

;  f  To  any  Ev.  Ch.  Oct.  11,  1834. 
\t  April  13,  1862. 

t  Keene,  Jan.  27,  1856. 

f  Christian  Church,  Washing- 
ton, April  28,  1842. 

June  13,  1851. 


Keene,  Jan.  27,  1856. 
]  Hancock,  Feb.  24,  1839. 
I  Southboro  Ms.  June  10  1840. 
*  Oct.  2,  1831. 

+  Jan.  8,  1861. 

t      Lowell,  Ms.  March,  1835. 
t   Lowell,  Ms.  Jan.  28,  1833. 


t  Gardiner,  Ms.  Jan.  27,  1861 
t  Lowell,  Ms.  Aug.  21,  1836. 
i  July  11,  1861. 

\     M.  E.  Ch.  Stoddard,  Sept. 

1,  1859. 
t  Lowell,  Ms.  July  19,  1835. 
t    Christian  Ch.  Washington, 

April  28.  1842. 
t  Hancock  (?)   1836. 

t  Nelson,  July  16,  1848. 


15 


Mrs.  Anna  Stacy, 

Heuiau  Evan;', 

Mrs.  H.  Evans, 
Noah  Barden,  Jr., 
Marcus  Richardson, 
Mrs.  M.  Richardson, 
Mrs.  Susan  Tuttle, 
Peggy  Dow, 
I.  Fletcher, 
Hannah  Spaulding, 
John  Flint, 
Lucy  Parker, 
Rebecca  Spaulding, 

Mrs.  Hannah  Joslin, 

Luke  Towne, 

Sally  Towne, 

Sally  Towne  2d, 

Molly  Pierce, 

Mrs.  Hosea  Foster, 

Mrs.  Mary  Barrett, 
Mrs.  Dolly  Coffin, 

Dea.  Geo.  Coffin, 

George  Coffin,  Jr, 

Mrs.  Susan  Gould, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Spaulding, 

Mrs.  Marshall  Messenger, 
Laura  M.  Dow, 

Mrs.  Lucy  Warren, 

Lettie  Wilson, 
Mary  Wilson, 

Mrs.  Indiana  G.  Eaton, 

Mrs.  Miranda  A.  Henry, 

Harriet  Robinson, 

Lydia  Robinson, 
Emily  Robinson, 

Mrs.  Josiah  Rice, 

Perkins  W.  Hopkins, 

Mrs.  P.  W.  Hopkins, 

Mrs.  Stearns  Foster, 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Whiton, 
Mrs.  Rebecca  W.  Mellen, 
Mr6.  Charles  Worcester, 


Nov.  11 
N.     Alstead, 
March  17,  1833. 

do. 
April  25.  1833. 


July  7, 

Sept.  1, 
May  4,  1834. 

l  Marlow,  May  4, 

1834. 

July  6,  1834. 
l    Marlow,    June 

13,  1834. 
l    Marlow,    June 
13,  1834. 

Nov.  2,  1834. 
l  Ward,  Ms.  June 

21,  1835. 

Sept.  6,  1835. 

Sept.  4,  1836. 
l    Winchendon, 
Ms.  Sept.  4,  1836. 
l    Winchendon, 
Ms.  Sept.  4,  1836. 

Nov.  6,     " 

l    Lowell,   Ms. 

July  3,  1837. 
L     Amherst,  Aug. 

31,  1837. 
l    N.  Alstead, 
July  22,  1838. 
May  1,  1842. 
tt 

l  Pepperell,  Ms. 
Nov.  3, 1842. 
Nov.  6,     " 

March  5,  1844. 

Nov.  3, 

l     Oakham,   Ms. 

Jan.  4,  1846. 
l    Francistown, 

April  30,  1846. 
l     Greenfield,    , 
April  30,  1846. 
h    Hancock,  April 

30,  1846. 
l     Nashua,  April 

30,  1846. 

May  4,  1848. 
l    Lowell,  Ms. 

May  4,  184S. 


t    N.  Alstead,  Feb.  20,  1850. 

t     N.  Alstead,  Feb.  20,  1850. 

j  Washington,  May  10,  1850. 

July  31,  1855. 

*  Sept.  10,  1855. 


July  1, 

Sept.  26, 

Hancock,  (?) 


1847. 
1851. 
1836. 


Sept.  24,  1851. 


Gilsum,  Dec.  29,  1859. 


f    Acton,  Ms.  July  18,  1842. 
t  Keene,  Feb.  14,  1858. 


M.  E.  Church,  Amherst, 
May  3,  1838. 


f.  Groton,  Ms.  Feb.  10,  1853. 

t     Manchester,  Nov.  3,  1859. 
t     Winter    St.    Ch.    Boston, 

July  5,  1846. 
*  Dec.  20,  1861. 


t  Greenfield,  Jan.  27,  1856. 

t 

t  Keene,  Oct.  14,  1860. 

*  July  5,  1860. 


Mrs.  Luther  Abbott, 

Ezra  S.  Tarbell, 
Miranda  E.  Tarbell, 
Mrs  Hannah  M.  Woods, 
Julia  J.  Fay, 
Frederic  A.  Tarbell, 
Mrs.  Timothy  Hunt, 
Angelina  Dodge, 
Maria  A.  Corey, 
Mary  Abby  Taylor, 
Frank  F.  Downs, 

Mrs.  Betsey  Tarbell, 
Mrs.  Elias  Whitney, 

Filicia  M.  Whitney, 

E.  Frances  Whitney, 
Mrs.  Susan  W.  Towne, 
Timothy  Hunt, 

Mrs.  Louisa  Ring, 

Rufus  Wilson, 

Mrs.  R.  Wilson, 

Mary  E.  Ring, 

H.  Emily  Ring, 

Mrs   Dr.  L.  E.  Richardson, 

Samuel  L.  Gerould, 

Mrs.  S.  L.  Gerould, 
Alden  B.  Tarbell, 
Henry  G.  Foster, 

Mrs.  H.  G.  Foster, 

Mrs.  Ellis  Pitcher, 

John  S.  Wilson, 
Gardiner  E.  Ring, 
Jannette  S.  Knowlton, 
Annie  T.  Barker, 


GKlsum,    June 
10,  1849. 

March  3,  1851.    t 


Jan.  4,   1852. 

March  7,     " 
Jan.  2,   1853. ' 


it 
May  1,  f 

Jan.  1,  1854.! 
l  Bloomfield,  Me.  j » 
Jan.  20,  1854.  | 
July  2,     " 
May  6,  1855. 

t 


July  8,  1855. 

Sept.  4,  1859. 
Lowell,  Ms. 
June  21,  1860. 

Sept.  2, 


Acworth,  Jan.  5,  1862. 

Hancock,  April  6,  1862. 

Feb.  1,  1861. 

Keene,  June  6,  1858. 

Acworth,  May  2,  1861. 

Bennington,  Feb.  14,  1858. 
Antrim,  Dec.  4,  1853. 

Manchester,  Nov.  3,  1859. 
Peterboro',  March  2, 1862. 

Bay  City,   Mich.  Jan,   6, 

1862. 


t        Walpole,  April  13,  1862. 


L    14th   St.    Pres. 
ch.  New  York  City 
Nov.  9,  1860. 
l     New  Ipswich, 
Nov.  9,  1860. 
May  5,  1861. 
l  Ellenville,  N.Y. 
July  11,   1861. 
L  Ellenville,  N.Y. 
July  11,  1861. 
l    Nelson,  Jan. 
5,  1862. 
March  2,     " 


■  f  Somorville,  Ms.  Apr.  7, 1861. 


t     Peterboro,  April  6,  1862. 


